For our first international trip in almost two years, we’re visiting Mexico City, which can stand proudly alongside Paris as one of the world’s greatest destinations.
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BY Paul Thurrott with 35 Comments
For our first international trip in almost two years, we’re visiting Mexico City, which can stand proudly alongside Paris as one of the world’s greatest destinations.
BY Paul Thurrott with 22 Comments
It’s been an interesting few months of tentative travel after spending most of the previous year stuck in and near my home.
BY Paul Thurrott with 10 Comments
On the surface, it’s not at all fair to compare the flagship OnePlus 9 Pro to the mid-range Google Pixel 4a 5G. But I have my reasons.
BY Paul Thurrott with 22 Comments
I’ve added a OneDrive feature I call Folder Backup to my daily workflow, which lets me sync some folders outside of OneDrive between my PCs.
BY Paul Thurrott with 68 Comments
Some will be amused by this, and I suppose some will even be outraged. But there is just something special about the new iPad Air.
BY Paul Thurrott with 10 Comments
This is when a review gets personal, when my mind narrows from its focus on the greater user base to what kinds of problems the product might solve for me.
BY Paul Thurrott with 9 Comments
What a difference a pandemic makes: With our vaccinations scheduled, we’ve started plotting some long-delayed travel.
BY Paul Thurrott with 27 Comments
About a month ago, my wife and I began plotting our first real travel in well over a year. We decided to start small, and semi-local, with a drive. To Washington D.C.
BY Paul Thurrott with 28 Comments
We recently switched from Roku to the Chromecast with Google TV, and now I’m sorry I waited for so long.
BY Paul Thurrott with 25 Comments
In March 2020, I switched from Google Fi to Mint Mobile, and I’ve saved several hundred dollars over the past year by doing so. Now what?
BY Paul Thurrott with 27 Comments
My approach to file management has evolved over the years, guided by both my own special form of OCD and by major improvements to cloud-based storage services.
BY Paul Thurrott with 13 Comments
At the end of every year, tech blogs lazily pump out “best of” lists culled from back-end site queries. And, yeah, we’ll get to that here soon enough.
BY Paul Thurrott with 21 Comments
The iPhone 12’s display is gorgeous but it’s also a bit small, especially with that intrusive notch. Is there even a display size sweet spot anymore?
BY Paul Thurrott with 16 Comments
The web is awash with ideas about how we can optimize our smartphone home screens to be more efficient and less distracted.
BY Paul Thurrott with 16 Comments
For the first time in over six months, I’ve had to think about which personal tech I would need for a trip away from home.
BY Paul Thurrott with 21 Comments
With the HP Envy 15 up and running in a quick-and-dirty fashion in my home office, it’s time to move towards a cleaner configuration.
BY Paul Thurrott with 32 Comments
For years, I’ve resisted using a docked laptop, but with a recent lightning strike taking down my desktop PC, I’m forced to give it a shot.
BY Paul Thurrott with 20 Comments
Or the cloud service provider of your choice. With a bit of organization, you can minimize the data you need to sync to each PC you use.
BY Paul Thurrott with 48 Comments
Signal is a cross-platform encrypted messaging service championed by privacy advocates. But I have some questions.
BY Paul Thurrott with 39 Comments
With pandemic emphasizing what’s really important, I thought this might be an interesting time to take another look at what I use every day.
BY Paul Thurrott with 13 Comments
Here’s a look back at the audiobooks and podcasts---especially podcast serials---that I enjoyed in the second half of 2019.
BY Paul Thurrott with 21 Comments
A new web browser extension will allow you to view Thurrott.com---and most of the web---in dark mode. It works with all popular browsers
BY Paul Thurrott with 41 Comments
When I finally decided to move past my unreliable AIO PC and use an Intel NUC, I had hoped to do so with no additional costs or effort.
BY Paul Thurrott with 31 Comments
As I write this, we’re about two-thirds of the way through this year’s home swap, which is taking place near Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
BY Paul Thurrott with 8 Comments
We’re only halfway through 2019, but I’ve already listened to some great new audiobooks plus a growing collection of serial podcasts.
BY Paul Thurrott with 103 Comments
I’ve long used and recommended Pocket Casts, but it’s become a confusing and complex mess. I need something better. And simpler.
BY Paul Thurrott with 18 Comments
OK, you’ve scanned in your old paper-based photos. Now what?